Section R. 32.22 - Chief of staff section; functions, programs, and activitiesRule 22. The chief of staff section reviews, evaluates, and recommends changes in programs, plans, policies, and operating procedures of the Michigan army national guard. The section facilitates the active army annual general inspection program of Michigan units and coordinates the state army national guard command inspection program. The major staff functions, programs, and activities under the purview of the chief of staff are as follows:
(a) The army national guard personnel section, which fulfills the personnel needs of the Michigan army national guard under provisions outlined in federal and state national guard regulations.(b) The plans, operations, training, and military support to civil authority section, whose major areas of endeavor include the functional areas of training plans and performance evaluation; facilitating national guard bureau directives regarding organization, reorganization, and mobilization; program measures involving physical security of armories and training sites; and coordinating the planning and execution of military support to civil authority.(c) The Michigan military academy, which administers the state officer candidate, noncommissioned officer candidate, and selected leadership programs.(d) All Michigan army national guard units are subordinate to the army division and report to and through successively higher headquarters to the command element serviced by the chief of staff section.Mich. Admin. Code R. 32.22